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William Dieterle (1893-1972) was an Oscar® nominated German director, actor and writer. Dieterle who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937. His best-known films include The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His 1937 film The Life of Emile Zola won the Academy Award® for Best Picture. His IMDb page shows almost 200 credits from 1913 to 1966. This page will rank William Dieterle movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles and movies that were not released in North American and a handful of his movies that we could not find box office on, were not included in the rankings.
William Dieterle Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1937
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Director Nom
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
1944
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
1945
Love Letters (1945)
1944
Kismet (1944)
1953
Salome (1953)
1939
Juarez (1939)
1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
AA Best Picture Nom
1949
Rope of Sand (1949)
1953
Elephant Walk (1953)
1948
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
1936
The White Angel (1936)
1945
This Love Of Ours (1945)
1949
The Accused (1949)
1941
All That Money Can Buy/Devil & Daniel Webster (1941)
1951
Red Mountain (1951)
1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
1950
September Affair (1950)
1931
The Last Flight (1931)
1934
Fashions of 1934 (1934)
1937
Another Dawn (1937)
1937
The Great O'Malley (1937)
1946
The Searching Wind (1946)
1926
Faust (1926)
1932
Jewel Robbery (1932)
1938
Blockade (1938)
1942
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
1950
Paid In Full (1950)
1942
Syncopation (1942)
1957
Omar Khayyam (1957)
1935
Dr. Socrates (1935)
1932
Lawyer Man (1932)
1950
Dark City (1950)
1952
Boots Malone (1952)
1951
Peking Express (1951)
1933
From Headquarters (1933)
1932
Man Wanted (1932)
1934
Fog Over Frisco (1934)
1952
The Turning Point (1952)
1932
Scarlet Dawn (1932)
Director
1934
The Secret Bride (1934)
1936
Satan Met a Lady (1936)
William Dieterle Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each William Dieterle movie received.
- Sort William Dieterle movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Life of Emile Zola (1937) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Director Nom |
Paul Muni & Donald Crisp |
7.70 | 319.8 | 660.20 | 7 | 72 | 10 / 03 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) | Charles Laughton & Maureen O'Hara |
7.50 | 287.7 | 593.20 | 11 | 83 | 02 / 00 | 98.3 | |
| 3 | I'll Be Seeing You (1944) | Ginger Rogers & Shirley Temple |
9.70 | 326.0 | 326.00 | 16 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 4 | Love Letters (1945) | Jennifer Jones & Joseph Cotten |
8.30 | 264.2 | 264.20 | 31 | 67 | 04 / 00 | 95.2 | |
| 7 | Kismet (1944) | Marlene Dietrich & Ronald Colman |
6.30 | 212.7 | 427.50 | 45 | 61 | 04 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 5 | Salome (1953) | Rita Hayworth & Stewart Granger |
14.40 | 258.6 | 258.60 | 8 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 92.3 | |
| 9 | Juarez (1939) | Bette Davis & John Garfield |
4.70 | 180.0 | 251.30 | 39 | 61 | 02 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 6 | The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Paul Muni | 2.20 | 95.6 | 170.60 | 90 | 71 | 04 / 03 | 89.4 | |
| 8 | A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) AA Best Picture Nom |
James Cagney & Olivia de Havilland |
2.10 | 93.8 | 157.70 | 64 | 72 | 04 / 02 | 89.2 | |
| 10 | Rope of Sand (1949) | Burt Lancaster & Peter Lorre |
6.20 | 156.7 | 156.70 | 34 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 89.2 | |
| 11 | Elephant Walk (1953) | Elizabeth Taylor & Dana Andrews |
9.10 | 163.3 | 163.30 | 21 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 12 | Portrait of Jennie (1948) | Jennifer Jones & Joseph Cotten |
2.60 | 69.6 | 69.60 | 119 | 81 | 02 / 01 | 86.4 | |
| 13 | The White Angel (1936) | Donald Crisp & Kay Francis |
3.00 | 127.3 | 203.50 | 64 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 14 | This Love Of Ours (1945) | Claude Rains & Merle Oberon |
3.90 | 123.3 | 123.30 | 86 | 63 | 01 / 00 | 85.1 | |
| 16 | The Accused (1949) | Loretta Young | 3.60 | 90.5 | 90.50 | 99 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 82.3 | |
| 15 | All That Money Can Buy/Devil & Daniel Webster (1941) | Walter Huston | 1.00 | 40.4 | 40.40 | 169 | 81 | 02 / 01 | 81.8 | |
| 19 | Red Mountain (1951) | Alan Ladd & Lizabeth Scott |
5.70 | 123.2 | 123.20 | 43 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 81.3 | |
| 17 | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) | Edward G. Robinson & Ruth Gordon |
1.80 | 71.2 | 103.70 | 110 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 81.3 | |
| 18 | September Affair (1950) | Jospeh Cotten & Joan Fontaine |
4.10 | 91.4 | 91.40 | 77 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 19 | The Last Flight (1931) | Richard Barthelmess | 1.20 | 61.5 | 68.30 | 125 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 21 | Fashions of 1934 (1934) | Bette Davis & William Powell |
1.60 | 76.3 | 129.20 | 70 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 78.3 | |
| 22 | Another Dawn (1937) | Errol Flynn & Kay Francis |
2.30 | 94.9 | 173.30 | 103 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 77.5 | |
| 23 | The Great O'Malley (1937) | Humphrey Bogart & Donald Crisp |
1.80 | 73.3 | 104.30 | 127 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 76.4 | |
| 25 | The Searching Wind (1946) | Sylvia Sidney & Robert Young |
3.10 | 94.9 | 94.90 | 101 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 24 | Faust (1926) | Emil Jannings | 0.80 | 27.0 | 27.00 | 56 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 72.9 | |
| 26 | Jewel Robbery (1932) | Kay Francis & William Powell |
0.90 | 44.2 | 59.60 | 122 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 72.8 | |
| 28 | Blockade (1938) | Henry Fonda & Walter Wanger |
1.90 | 77.5 | 150.10 | 121 | 58 | 02 / 00 | 72.5 | |
| 27 | Tennessee Johnson (1942) | Van Heflin & Lionel Barrymore |
1.60 | 60.5 | 72.60 | 145 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 30 | A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) | Edward G. Robinson & Edna Best |
1.40 | 55.0 | 55.00 | 139 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 71.0 | |
| 28 | Paid In Full (1950) | Robert Cummings | 2.30 | 51.5 | 51.50 | 136 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 70.9 | |
| 30 | Syncopation (1942) | Adolphe Menjou & Jackie Cooper |
1.60 | 60.0 | 60.00 | 146 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 31 | Omar Khayyam (1957) | Cornel Wilde | 3.40 | 66.0 | 66.00 | 73 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 66.5 | |
| 34 | Dr. Socrates (1935) | Paul Muni | 1.30 | 57.1 | 95.90 | 106 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 62.1 | |
| 33 | Lawyer Man (1932) | William Powell & Joan Blondell |
0.90 | 42.0 | 56.70 | 129 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 61.6 | |
| 35 | Dark City (1950) | Charlton Heston & Lizabeth Scott |
2.70 | 61.0 | 61.00 | 117 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 61.4 | |
| 36 | Boots Malone (1952) | William Holden & Stanley Clements |
1.90 | 38.1 | 38.10 | 160 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 60.3 | |
| 39 | Peking Express (1951) | Joseph Cotten | 3.10 | 67.8 | 67.80 | 117 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 53.3 | |
| 36 | From Headquarters (1933) | Margaret Lindsay | 0.70 | 30.5 | 45.30 | 153 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 52.6 | |
| 38 | Man Wanted (1932) | Kay Francis | 0.70 | 36.1 | 44.40 | 145 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 52.4 | |
| 41 | Fog Over Frisco (1934) | Bette Davis & Lyle Talbot |
0.70 | 34.8 | 52.10 | 142 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 42.6 | |
| 40 | The Turning Point (1952) | William Holden & Edmond O'Brien |
1.10 | 21.8 | 21.80 | 196 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 41.9 | |
| 42 | Scarlet Dawn (1932) Director |
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | 0.50 | 26.5 | 34.40 | 160 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 40.9 | |
| 43 | The Secret Bride (1934) | Barbara Stanwyck | 0.60 | 28.6 | 28.60 | 165 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 40.2 | |
| 44 | Satan Met a Lady (1936) | Bette Davis | 0.90 | 38.2 | 45.10 | 155 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 23.2 |
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